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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27
/ PUSSY BLACK.
A Love Story Without Any Love
in It.

The first time saw Pussy Black she
was tobogganing in a buffers tray
down the golden stairs of the Mansion
House at San Francisco. As toboggan-
ing was not ut that time fashionable
pastime in the States. concluded that
Miss Pussy had evolved this novel
amusement from the depths of her
own mischievous consciousness. Being
q sad and promiscuouS tlirt even at the
nge of ten, she had doubtless done the
Delilah act by the head waiter in order
to obtain possession of the buffers
tray.
However this may have been, her to-
bogganing was scarcely success. She
bumged, bumped. bumped down half
dozen stairs with a delighted grin on
her small countenance. Then alas! A
yell and shrek, vision of long red
legs and flying yellow hair. rapidly
descending confusion of youthful anat-
Omy and another bump. This time it
was Pussy's head that came in contact
with the hard floor at the foot of the
stairs.
asked the youngster where she was
hurt as she lay back in my arms with
closed eyes. and she touched one
dimpled hand to her forehead. The
chambcrmaid brought water and l
bathed the poor forehead, and then I
kissed the place to make it well. Then
kissed it again. because somehow
thought that Miss Pussy liked being
kissed by grown up mustachc. I
kissed her the third time because l
rather liked the performance myself
A coquettish smile appeared on
Pussy's rosy mouth and my vanity took
alarm. felt that the little flirt was
deliberately leading me on turned
the injured innocent over to the tender
mercies of the chambermaid and sailed
1orth'to keep business appointment
connected with the mining interest that
had brought me to California
A few days later I was at party
given to celebrate the birthday of a lit
tle girl who was the only daughter OF
one of the richest mining men in San
Francisco. 1t was good. old fash
toned American party where old and
young mingled in the Virginia reel and
round the festive bowl-of lemonade.
i came across a very agreeable woman
OF handsome middle presence. who
knew her California like a book, and
told me who all the queer people were.
Sure of her own pedigree, which was
of the best South Carolina brand, she
could afford to be cynical on the sub
3ect Of Pacific coast ancestry. She
watched the new arrivals through m
imposing tortoise-shell eye-slass and
checked them off one by one for my
benefit in vein of gentle sarcasm.
'.Aha! Here come the circus Blacks. ~
said Mrs. Penderlip. calling my atten.
tson to group proceeding toward us
nom the door. what superb dia-
s monds Mrs. Black wears! And Just to
think that her mother used to drive q
market wagon into San Francisco
every morning with q pipe in her
Anouth and her head tied up in . red
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27
COLONEL vsRoER.s DREAM.


How tho Terrors Of Night Were Re.lixsta
In Broad Daylight
Some folks who have had dreams
take great pleasure in describing
them, and such q one is Colonel
Yerger.
The other day the Colonel moved
down one of the principal streets in
Austin. wearing a troubled expression
and q new suit of clothes. In his I'M
wontel abstraction he very nearly
collided with Judge Peterby.
"Why so pensive?" inquired Judge
Peterby, ''and why that haunted
lOok?''
Hello, Peterbyr' exclaimed Colonel
YergeE Excuse me; l did not see
you. Well. well. / don't wonder that
/ look haunted. have been hunted
all night"
Hunted, Ell? IT'S better to hunt
than to be hunted. In what ferocious
manner were you pursued? Snakes.
savages or wild animals? Bad dream
or q well-developed case of night
mare?'
"A dream. At least, it was partly
dream. partly stern reality"
What were the prevailing symp-
toms-the principal features. Yer
gcr?''
in the first place. ! imagined my
self at Ell Paso. and that mad dog
tried to scrape my acquaintance and
interview me. Now, l despise mad
dogs and want none of their atten-
tons. and consequently struck right
out for Galveston Bay. nine hundred
miles distant southeast. The dog
still pursued me, like the villain in
the play. and when l reached the
Gulf I was not leading by more than
two or three lengths at the best; but
in went. and the wide-mouthed case
of canned hydrophobia plunged right
in after me. And the brute actually
wadcd, too, waded more than three
miles. Those Galveston people never
wanted deep water worse than / did.
don't know how much water the dog
drew, but he got stuck on the bar. all
the same. and struck boldly out with
a full arm. hand-over-hand stroke for
Mexico. Pretty soon playful but
heavy-jawed shark got after me, and
l was sorry then had not remained
in company with the mad dog. Finally
l gained the land somewhere down OH
Campechy banks, and there l found
myself gazing down into the open
countenance of the bigge st alligator I
ever saw in my life. You
could throw Saratoga trunk
right down into his hold
and not overload him. The alligator
smiled, and l bowed deferen.ially. /
wanted to keep on the right side Of
him. That was the outside. But l
did wish at that supreme and awful
moment. that had been desiccated by
the shark. But just as the alligator
had made all his little interior ar
rangcments for my reception l awoke.
My mother-in-law was looking down
on me with the calm stony stare of
basilisk, and l was then regretful l
had not jumped down the alligator's
larynx. and gone into winter quarters.
l learned. too late, that all the rest of
my tormcnts had been myths. Here
was stern reality. Was it not hor-
rib.e thing to be tortured all night and
then ut broad daylight be turned over
to the cnemy?"-Te3as Sittings.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27

The value of permanent school
property in Dakota Is not far from
5000, 900. It has increased from less
than go. 600 in 1877.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27
plTH AND POINT.

Habit is the dress Of character
WhiteAaH Times.
I'm this world 10y is measured BY
the cup; trouble by the peck.
Truth is beautiful but society ~
yet has not offered premium for itA
steady use. = Pomeroy's Advance:
Thought
An Omaha editor has discovered
that there is no such thing rs BALD
headed IDIOT -Atchison Globe.
Train up a child in the way he
should go" and keep . little ahead Of
him in the same way during the train
ing. to be sure he goes.
"A Western editor asks. How shall
we get our girls to read articles on
scientific subjec,sT Why. mix them
up with the fashion notes. of course.
Young women ought never to get
into way of thinking that it is better
to marry imprudently than remain
single and exposed to absurd comment
thereby. -Pstts6urgh Chronicle.
-Laziness grows on people; it be-
gins in cobwebs and ends in iron
chains. The more BUSINESS a man
has to do the more he is able to &C.
complish. for he learns to economize
his time.-7eras Si7ings.
"A printer up in Canada is said to
be one hundred and three years old.
He has made so many typographical
errors during his career that he is
afraid to Somerriilc Journal.
Small boy Cat church picnic)-"f
say. Johnny. where's them nice ham
sandwiches your ma put up for youe
These amt no good" johnny (bit-
terly)-"The superintendent an the
teachers is a-eatin' of 'em."-N Y.
Sun.
While man was mailing up a
gate in Jonesboro. Ca. lightning
struck the hammer and killed him.
How many shiftless men will make
this an excuse for never mailing up the
gate.-Texas Sifaimgs.
The lover who writes the sweetest
valentine poetry before marriage
doesn't always make the sort of hus-
band who will bring up the coal and
soothe waillng twins five years after
the wedding day.
If man and wife are one flesh. no.
wonder it is such a painful operation
for them to get divorced. And. by the.
way. that reminds us that divorces
should only be granted on Twos-day.
-Charlestown Enterprise.
If there is nothing lovelier in tho
world than q well-behaved and good
tempered child. there are few Great
rres more odious than one who is law
less and quarrelsome. Half dozen
such would render a large hotel UNI
comfortable. y Ledger
The difference
Oh! the girls beautiful,
Loving and dutifuL
When We are hopeful to win hor.
Let her our suit deny,
Then she is but guy,
Stunned as the veriest sinner.
Boston Bud9et.
Experienced Dry-goods Clerk
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27

cause l gave ner my turquoise ear
rings. was tired of 'em. They
weren't fashionable any more"
When returned to the hotel found
a telegram summoning me to the East.
left San Francisco the next day. Be-
fore went l sent to Miss Pussy Black
the finest box of sugar plums that the
city of the golden gate could supply.
Following SO closely on the heels of a
children's party. this gift would have
been indeed a fatal one to most in-
fants. But observation had convinced
me that Miss Pussy had the stomach of
an ostrich, and I was certain that she
was the sort of a child to come up smil-
ing after every round of sweetstuff
Eight years passed before I again
saw Pussy. Twas at Rome. 1 came
up from Naples and went to hotel
pension behind the Pantheon, which
was famous resort for genteel Wild
ows and spinsters who were passing
their declining winter days at the
Eternal City. At my first dinner
counted no less than twenty women of
uncertain age. sandwiched in among
forlorn young girls and sickly men.
The black looks that were cast upon
me by three British spinsters who sat
opposite to me did not improve my
appetite. They all wore soiled white
knitted shawls and wrangled among
themselves on the subject Of church
architecture. At my left was an Amer
:ean maiden Lady who had dyed. yell
Iron County register., 1887-11-10

help bring other souls to Christ? Do
ministers think this would be small
business? Did not Christ call one or
| two at a time? Did not Philip thus
preach and lead to Christ? Did not
Paul preach to the gaoler and baptize
him and his household? If there was
more of this single preaching would
there not be more of the gathering of
the multitudes? In these days, how
ever. the church says TO the pastor,
lyon need not go off there into that
hill-country and wear yourself out
preaching to that little handful. They
will pay you nothing. Stay at home
and we will pay you and you can enjoy
yourself in visiting and reading the
news"
That Is II comfortable view to take of
this work; but in that way when will
"eyery creature" hear the gospel?
Should not every man of God say to
his strong church, II have lead you to
Christ, now follow Him while go to
seek some of these lost ones. Meet to-
gether, sing aud pray and exhort one
another to love and good works and
I will go after the wandering ones.o
Should not every true man of God have
more OF this disposition: If all the
pastors of Southeast Missouri had this
disposition and practiced it, would it
not be much better for the souls of
men? If pastors then do in the future
as they have done in the past, when
will all the people hear the gospel? Is
a man any better off in the woods and
swamps of Southeast Missouri, destl-
tute of the gospel, than in any other
part of the world? If the churches
then are such as they ought to be, and
value the salvation of the souls of men
as they should, would they not gladly
say to their pastor. occasionally, go
out and find those poor men and fami-
lies and invite them to the gospel and
to heaven, and we will pray and sing
as you have taught US while you are
gone; we want to see those men saved
and their children brought to Cnrist?n
Would not any church be doing itself
a great good by such a course? Would
not any poor people be touched with
such a story from any man of God
Iron County register., 1887-11-10
st. Louis Correspondence.

Ed. Register-The gospel of Christ
is missionary enterprise of heaven to
save this vast world of ours. 1t has to
do with all the world-home as well as
abroad. While we think of the heath
ell world we should not forget home.
The commission was to preach the gos-
pei to every creature. Not simply
where churches were built and societies
organized, but to every man, women
and child who was destitute Of a knowl-
edge OF God and the plan of salvation.
Originally the apostles went from place
to place, city to city, and preached to
such as they could get access to. When
our fathers came to this country they
went preaching from house TO house
and calling men to repentance. Whit
field went all along our Atlantic coast
thus preaching. Not much matter to
him whether he had church and Or
ganized congregation or not. He would
preach, sow the seed, and leave it to
the sunshine and showers of Gods
grace to cause it to grow. When our
fathers settled Kentucky and Tennes-
see it was much the same way. God
blessed those laborers. Was not that
the only way to do? Was it not the best
way? Was it not Gods way?
Churches have now been established
and pastors called and their salaries
pledged, all of which is comfortable,
convenient and, to the extent it goes,
all right. But is there not a danger
just at this point? Cities, villages, and
the more densely populated rural dis
tricts. build their good churches. call
their pastors, and, probably from neg
lect, the more sparsely settled county
places or parts OF city may be as des-
titute of the gospel as China or India.
If the pastor be man of Gods calling
Is he not under obligation to find every
man he can and preach to him the gos-
pei, though he may do it as the hearer
stands in the furrow between the plow
handles or the blacksmith as he smites
the solid anvil? Could not men be
caused to hear the gospel thus that
would not hear it in any other way?
Would not one soul be worth saving?
II that one soul is saved would 1t not
Iron County register., 1887-11-10
1s ZNXs OOIII1NS
LIVERY And FEED STABLE<
IRONTON, MO.

@7 oTIcE TO PIcNicERs AND ExcURsIoNIsT
olHacks, Spring Wagons, Single and
Double Buggies; Three-Seated Car
riages and Two-Seated Carriages, with COM
petent drivers; also, the best of Saddle
Horses for Ladies and Gentlemen can be had
at REASONABLE RATES.
Iron County register., 1887-11-10
NUMBER 18.

coming to them with gospel messages
and expression of anxiety upon the
part Of those who sent him? Would
not this he good way to evangelize
Southeast Missouri. and the world?
Has not the church and her ministry
departed little in this respect from
the original rule? Would it not be well
for both to return to primitive methods?
Might we not look for the good day
soon to dawn if these plans were adopt
ed again?
Woul.i not the REGISTER gladly do
its part in this good work? So would
your correspondent.
st. Louis, Nov. 8, 1887.
Iron County register., 1887-11-10
Notice.
ARCADIA. Mo-. Oc

ARCADIA, Mo-, OCTOBER 21, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that no person is
authorized to contract bills on my account
neither for material, labor or anything what.
ever. The man in charge of my premises at
this place will pay cash for all purchases
made for my benefit, and will hereafter pay
no bill others than those contracted by my
self, in person. VIM. FL. THOMSON.
Iron County register., 1887-11-10
Probate Docket!

Iron County, Missouri, November Term,
Commencing Monday, Nouenaber 7th,
1887.
Bond, W II, minor, D 81 Palmer, Gtar-
dian.
Clarkson, Geo. W, deceased, Jos. L. Clark
son, Executor.
Damman, Herman, deceased, John Snas-
dell, Executor.
Legrand, Reuben, minor, John Schwab,
Jr., Guardian.
Martin s. Bice, deceased, Payton Martin,
Administrator.
Reeves, Mary, deceased, G Q Bergman,
Executor.
Stephens, Jas. L, deceased, j NJ and E NJ
Logan, Executors.
Taber, John, minor, Chas. Maschmeyer,
Taber, William, minor, Chas. Maschmeyer,
Curator.
White, VIM. L, minor, W NJ Matkin, guar
dian and Curator.
Gibson, Geo., deceased,J j t AXE. Admins
traitor, FRANZ DINGER,
Judge of Probate.
Iron County register., 1887-11-10
MHMTED. * PHRTNER.

have established a general merchantile
business at this place, and it has grown to
such large proportions that have not means
sufficient to handle it and want a good biIsi-
ness man for partner, with ST 500 TO 81, 600
capital. Address. g. T. LEE,
Van Ruren, Mo.
Iron County register., 1887-11-10
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI, I

County of Iron. S.
In the Probate court for the county of
Iron. August FERN, 1887.
Mrs. Martha Bise, administratrix of
George Bise, deceased-order Of publi-
cation.
Mrs. Martha Bise. administrative of
George Bise, deceased, presents to the
court her petition, praying for an order
for the sale of SO much of the real estate
of said deceased as will pay and satisfy
the remaining debts due by said estate,
and vet unpaid for want of sufficient as
sets. ACCOMPANIED by the accounts, lists
and inventories required by law In
such cases: on examination Where0f
it is ordered that all persons Interested In
the estate of said deceased be notified that
application as aforesaid has been made,
and unless the contrary be shown Oh or
before the first day of next term OF this
court, to be held on the first Monday in
November next.an order will be made Tor
the sale of the whole or SO much OF the
real estate of said deceased as will be suf-
ficient for the payment OF SAID depts, ana
1t Is further ordered that this nouce De
published in some newspaper In Iron
County, Missouri. for four weeks before
the next term of this court.
STATE OF MISSOURI, GO
County of Iron.
I, Franz DingeI, judge and ex-ofnc1o
clerk of the Probate Court in and for said
county, hereby certify that the above is
a true copy of the original order of pub
lication as the same appears of record in
nay Office.
f~-, Witness my hand and the
I SEAL. seal of said court. Done at
t-1 Office in Ironton. Iron county,
Mo-. this 26th day of Septem-
Der, 1887.
FRANZ DINGER,
Judge of Probate and Exc Officio Clerk.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16
Monotony of Farm Life.

The monotony Of farm life and It's at
tendant dangers are well shown by the
fact that the large majority Of the inmates
of u insane asylums have been farmers
or their wives. The never ending round
OF work, with no opportunities for amuse-
ment, are the predominant features Of
such life. The dangers to physical health
are also many. The water supply is too
often contaminated by surface water con-
tanning decomposing animal and vegetable
matters, while the sleeping rooms, in win
ter especially, are too frequently badly
ventilated, and too warm or too cold.
The need Of change Of scene, OF air and of
water is as pressing for the farmer and
his family as for the merchant and the
society lady.-Globe-D Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16
Address Registered Letters 10
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New Orissss. La.


IL, 70 4. h charge Of iss srs.iss.. i Or
susrsntss o. absolute fairness and integrity. that
tks shsneps Hrs sII sousl and that no one can pos
slkiv diviss what nunbes wiIidrv . Prise.
HEMEMpER that the payment q 81 Prise y
GUARANTEED By FOUR NATIONAL
sigDsl b. shs PYpss<sas n en- lnstitutisn. vhess
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16
SKIN SCALP
cIssassd, Purified and Bssutifis
hy the cutieura Remedies.

For cleansing the Skin and Scalp Of Dis6guriDg
Humors, for allaying Itching, Burning and lnfam-
nation, for curing the frst symptoms Of Eczema,
Psoriasis, Milk Crust. scaly Head, scrofula, and
other inherited skin and Blood Diseases ,CuTicuRA
the great skin Cure. and CurIcuRA SOAP. an ex-
ouisite skin Further, externally. and CuricuRA
RtsoLvENr, the new Blood Purifier. internally,
are iufallsble.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16
ITCHING. sCALY, PIMPLY.

For the last year / have had a species Of itching
scaly and pimply humor on my face to which
have applied a great many methods Of treatment
without success, and which was speedily and en-
| tirely cured BY CUTICURA.
MRS. ISAAC PHELPS, Rayenna, o.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16
A COMPLETES CURE.

have suffered all my life with skin diseases Of
different kinds, and have never found permanent
relief, uutil, by advice Of Q lady friend. used
4 thorough trial, using six bottles Of the CurIcuRA
RIsoLyEsT, two boxes Of CUrIcuRA and seven
cakes Of CuTIcuRA SOAP, and the result was Just
what | had been told II would be-a complete cure
BELLE WADE, Richmond, Va.
Reference, CIV. LAtimer, Druggist, Richmond, Va
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16

Il Is a source of modification to the
asold salts, Of New York city that their
harbor Is nowhere deep enough, even In
full front Of the Atlantic, to permit q
steamer in distress TO reach a point Of
safety inside Of the-perflous bar. The
disabled and leaky Britannia was detained
outside q long time because she draws
thirty feet OF water, end n n storm had
as1ssh she would probably have been sunk
IN 1Ght Of land. Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16
CORPORATION CELEBRATIONS.


slow expensive a collection do You put
up'"
"To any amount that a customer wants,
for that matter, with corresponding rates
Of discount as between wholesale and re-
tail prices, but for regular catalogue goods
we have q 800 collection This is ade-
quate to O complete town or corporation
celebration, and contains goods that would
cost, at retail, Just double the money.
There are pieces in IL whose prices range
from IS 10 $15 when purchased singly.''
what do you mean by corporation
celebrations'f"
'Inn tell you. There are lots of a n
featuring concerns that come to us every
year and buy a collection Of fireworks for
their mills up in the country. Only the
other day a mill superintendent came in
and gave me a $50 order. 1t keeps the
boys at home he said, and they spend
their money right in town instead OF com
ing to Boston Very frequently the local
tradesmen chip In with the mills for a
fireworks display for this reason.
but, OF course, we don't have TO de-
pend upon the Fourth of July alone for
business. You know it has become the
regular thing to have pyrotechnic displays
at the summer resorts, and excursion
parties often consider a box Of fireworks
as necessary to a good time as a basket OF
champagne"
what have you TO say about fire
crackers"
Fire crackers are no object to our
trade nowadays. We have to keep them,
OF course, because they are bound TO be
popular, but there is no profit in them.
Have you seen that American cannon
cracker, by the way, that was introduced
last year, There's one point about them
that's worth consideration. Not the
noise especially-of course we expect that
but the fact that no danger from fire
attends their use. When they 90 of they
so for good and all, leaving no vestige Of
a spark behind them. We're ahead Of
the Chinese in this respect at least.m-
Boston Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16

Its Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the Grand semi-AnnuRl
Drawings regularly every six nonthstJ une
and DecemberD
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16
SALT RHEUM CURED.

1 was troubled with Salt Rheum for a number Of
Year,, 90 that the skin entirely came Oh one Of my
hands from the finger tips 10 the wrist. tried
until / commenced taking CUrIcuRA REMEDIES
and now I am entirely cured,
Z. T. PARKER. 579 Northampton St., Boston
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-16

Application for rates 70 clubs shonld be made
only 10 the once Of the Company in New Orleans.
For further information writs clearly. giving
full address POSTAL NOTES. Express Money
Orders. or New York Exchange In ordinary letter.
Currency by Express lat our sxpenss) addressed
N. A. DAUPHIH.
New Orleans, La.
or NJ. A. DAUPHN,
Washington, ID. q.